Even when you think you have your life all mapped out, things happen that shape your destiny in ways you might never have imagined.

We must all obey the great law of change. It is the most powerful law of nature.

No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else's draft.

Don't be concerned others not appreciating you. Be concerned about your not appreciating others.

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Life's a journey, not a destination.

A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it.

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

I would rather live in a world where my life is surrounded by mystery than live in a world so small that my mind could comprehend it.

Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.

The less you know, the more you believe.

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places.

Too much of a good thing can be wonderful!

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

By putting forward the hands of the clock you shall not advance the hour.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.

To live is to be musical, starting with the blood dancing in your veins. Everything living has a rhythm. Do you feel your music?

I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.

You never know when a moment and afew sincere words can have an impact on a life.

There is also this benefit in brag: that the speaker is unconsciously expressing his own ideal. Humor him by all means, draw it all out, and hold him to it.